QUESTION 18 Consider 100 grams of nitrogen gas in a container at 1 atm pressure and 1 L volume. This gas is expanded reversibly and adiabatically to a final volume of 4 L. The heat capacity at constant volume for N2 is 5R/2 (R-8.314 J/mol-K), Calculate the work done in the expansion in the units of Joules. O-107.8 J 253.2 J -150.9 J -30.2 J 43.1 J

QUESTION 18 Consider 100 grams of nitrogen gas in a container at 1 atm pressure and 1 L volume. This gas is expanded reversibly and adiabatically to a final volume of 4 L. The heat capacity at constant volume for N2 is 5R/2 (R-8.314 J/mol-K), Calculate the work done in the expansion in the units of Joules. O-107.8 J 253.2 J -150.9 J -30.2 J 43.1 J

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Chapter3: The First Law Of Thermodynamics

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